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My time to shine! I used to work with Krzysiu (Krzysztof). He used to have MySpace popular page and he was designing logos for heavy-metal bands - sometimes (if

by columb 1y ago

My time to shine! I used to work with Krzysiu (Krzysztof). He used to have MySpace popular page and he was designing logos for heavy-metal bands - sometimes (if not always) for free. Really nice guy. Oh, and Exeter got to the front page... Cześć Krzysiu! Pozdrawiam (We used to work at COOP HB)

mattl 1y ago
Wasn’t expecting to see Exeter on the homepage for sure.
- dotBen 1y ago
  Is there a tech scene in Exeter? I have long lived in San Francisco having moved from UK in 2006 but I spent a lot of time down in Devon where my parents now live.
  - mattl 1y ago
    Heh, not sure. I moved to the US in 2008. I think you and I talked about this when you were at WordCamp Boston when you were doing stuff with WPEngine. I think at least one of the W3C staff is in Devon.
    - dotBen 1y ago
      wow you have a much better memory than I do, I don't even remember anything about the event (tbf for several years I used to attend a WordCamp somewhere practically every other week!)
      - mattl 1y ago
        Yeah, you’ve been to approximately 9000 of them and I’ve been to less than five.
  - physicsguy 1y ago
    Not really, there’s a bit of one in Bristol, but from what I see of job postings down there, salaries aren’t that high, comparable to much of the rest of the U.K. outside of London The MetOffice has their software stuff down in Exeter but it’s <£45k for people with experience in scientific computing and HPC
  - heeton 1y ago
    I wouldn’t call it a scene, but there’s a small handful of people and the occasional meet-up or event. I’m near Exeter after working in London for ~10 years. Hi to anyone else who’s down in Devon :) (Hit me up via my profile if you’d like to grab a coffee)
  - rc55 1y ago
    There is a tech scene in Exeter for sure, check out these: - https://techexeter.uk https://techexeter.uk - they've been running events for many years now, 1500 members and monthly meetups. - https://bsidesexeter.co.uk https://bsidesexeter.co.uk - Infosec events - some members formerly of the local DEFCON group (those events were fun). - Shameless plug https://novaparty.org https://novaparty.org - Annual demoscene event (this year will be 13-15th June) run in collaboration with Tech Exeter.
    - nextos 1y ago
      Would Exeter be a good location, in comparison to the home counties, to set up a startup where most employees WFH 90% of the time? I really like the area, and my preferred locations in Oxon & Cambs are getting incredibly expensive in terms of real estate, which doesn't make sense in case of WFH.
  - dcsan 1y ago
    Richard bartle and the original MUD came out of Exeter uni AI program. Until this week he was a game design prof there too. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartle_taxonomy_of_player_types https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartle_taxonomy_of_player_type...
- xanderlewis 1y ago
  Wasn't expecting to see the Co-op.

by columb 1y ago

mattl 1y ago

Wasn’t expecting to see Exeter on the homepage for sure.

dotBen 1y ago
Is there a tech scene in Exeter? I have long lived in San Francisco having moved from UK in 2006 but I spent a lot of time down in Devon where my parents now live.
- mattl 1y ago
  Heh, not sure. I moved to the US in 2008. I think you and I talked about this when you were at WordCamp Boston when you were doing stuff with WPEngine. I think at least one of the W3C staff is in Devon.
  - dotBen 1y ago
    wow you have a much better memory than I do, I don't even remember anything about the event (tbf for several years I used to attend a WordCamp somewhere practically every other week!)
    - mattl 1y ago
      Yeah, you’ve been to approximately 9000 of them and I’ve been to less than five.
- physicsguy 1y ago
  Not really, there’s a bit of one in Bristol, but from what I see of job postings down there, salaries aren’t that high, comparable to much of the rest of the U.K. outside of London The MetOffice has their software stuff down in Exeter but it’s <£45k for people with experience in scientific computing and HPC
- heeton 1y ago
  I wouldn’t call it a scene, but there’s a small handful of people and the occasional meet-up or event. I’m near Exeter after working in London for ~10 years. Hi to anyone else who’s down in Devon :) (Hit me up via my profile if you’d like to grab a coffee)
- rc55 1y ago
  There is a tech scene in Exeter for sure, check out these: - https://techexeter.uk https://techexeter.uk - they've been running events for many years now, 1500 members and monthly meetups. - https://bsidesexeter.co.uk https://bsidesexeter.co.uk - Infosec events - some members formerly of the local DEFCON group (those events were fun). - Shameless plug https://novaparty.org https://novaparty.org - Annual demoscene event (this year will be 13-15th June) run in collaboration with Tech Exeter.
  - nextos 1y ago
    Would Exeter be a good location, in comparison to the home counties, to set up a startup where most employees WFH 90% of the time? I really like the area, and my preferred locations in Oxon & Cambs are getting incredibly expensive in terms of real estate, which doesn't make sense in case of WFH.
- dcsan 1y ago
  Richard bartle and the original MUD came out of Exeter uni AI program. Until this week he was a game design prof there too. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartle_taxonomy_of_player_types https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartle_taxonomy_of_player_type...
xanderlewis 1y ago
Wasn't expecting to see the Co-op.